Division Word Problems: Round Up the Remainder
Teach students to decide whether a remainder requires an additional group.
Teaching notes for parents and teachers
How to teach it
Use seats or counters to represent full vans and students still waiting. Count the smallest number of vans that can carry everyone.
Example to work through together
Use the model below as you explain the example. Have your student point to the quantities as you discuss them.
Three full vans carry 18 students. The remaining student needs a seat in a fourth van. There are 24 student places in all, with 5 unused.
4 × 6 = 24 ≥ 19
Four vans have enough student places.
3 × 6 = 18 < 19
Three vans do not.
Ask your student
Can the students left over travel without another van?
If your student needs help
If the student reports only the whole-number quotient, ask them to seat every remaining student.
Make a practice set
Select the worksheet, answer key, or both. When both are selected, the answer key prints after the questions. Keep it separate if you want your student to work independently.
After your student finishes
Ask what the remainder counts. Check the total places in the chosen vans, then check one fewer van.
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